All 7 Uses of
deception
in
The Death of Ivan Ilych
- What tormented Ivan Ilych most was the deception, the lie, which for some reason they all accepted, that he was not dying but was simply ill, and the only need keep quiet and undergo a treatment and then something very good would result.†
Chpt 7
- This deception tortured him — their not wishing to admit what they all knew and what he knew, but wanting to lie to him concerning his terrible condition, and wishing and forcing him to participate in that lie.†
Chpt 7
- It's all tomfoolery, all deception," he decided as soon as he became aware of the familiar, sickly, hopeless taste.†
Chpt 8
- Ivan Ilych knows quite well and definitely that all this is nonsense and pure deception, but when the doctor, getting down on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a significant expression on his face, Ivan Ilych submits to it all as he used to submit to the speeches of the lawyers, though he knew very well that they were all lying and why they were lying.†
Chpt 8
- The silence had to be broken, but for a time no one dared to break it and they all became afraid that the conventional deception would suddenly become obvious and the truth become plain to all.†
Chpt 8
- In them he saw himself — all that for which he had lived — and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death.†
Chpt 11
- All you have lived for and still live for is falsehood and deception, hiding life and death from you.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(deception) the act of lying to or misleading someone; or something that misleads